Laundry appliance control panel construction



Nov. 24, 1953 J. PJROGERS LAUNDRY APPLIANCE CONTROL PANEL CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept.

IN YEN TOR J m-m P R DEERE ATTUENEY trol panel 52.

LAUNDRY AP?LIANCE CONTROL PANEL CONSTRUCTION John P. Rogers, Liverpool, N. Y., assignor to Easy Washing Machine CorporatiomSyracuse, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware 1 a Application September 15, 1952, SerialNo. 309,725

2 Claims.

' This invention relates to laundry appliance control panel construction, and more particularly to a panel having asoap access doorway and hinged door cover therefor.

An object of the invention is to provide a panel and door construction comprising parts capable of being molded, and which will be capable of ready assembly. The construction embodies a panel and door frame part, a door proper, and a construction whereby an insertable keeper performs the necessary function of securing the parts together'while completing the hinge journal for the door.

- The above and other novel features of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter from the following detailed description when taken conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It isexpressly understood that the drawings are employed for purposes of illustration onlyand are not designed as a definition of the limits of V the invention, reference being had for this purpose to the appended claims. H

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the panel and door; V v

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view through i a pintle and journal box taken substantially on the line 3-'---@ of Figure 1;

Figure 4; is an enlarged axial sectional view taken through the pintle, taken substantially on the line :id of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary enlarged elevational' view looking upward from the plane 5-5 of Figure 3; and

Figure 6 is aperspective view of the keeper Referringto Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a cabinet it. of a laundry appliance such as a 2 and left hand integral upstanding journal boxes as indicated with respect to the right hand end at 36, each of such journal boxes having a top Wall 36. a rear wall 38, and an end thrust wall 40. Each of the boxes are open on their facing sides as indicated at 42, and are open toward the the positioning of its pintles 28 in bearing enwashing machine, having an inclined back conture indicated at 28. Such aperture is arranged directly over a soap-mixing hopper 212. The door it is notched at its upper corners as at 24 and 2t, and is provided with oppositely ex in Figures 3---5, inclusive, the righthandle p-intle being shown. Opposed pintles extend from the opposite end edges such as at in the notched corners 2d and 26 of the door adjacent to the connecting side edge-32.

The pintles- 28 arepositioned each within right Such panel is provided with a. door it hinged as at it and 18 to cover an apertending pintles as indicated, for example, at 28 :when projected into position.

formed in the rib 32,}terminates in a shoulder 5! adapted to engage the shoulder portion 55 of the keeper to properly position the keeper when gag'ement with the respective rib 33 and fillet 5! ineach of the journal boxes 34. In order to retain the door in position and to maintain the V pintles 2. 3 within the journal boxes, there is pro vided in conjunction with each of the journal boxes a keeper member (see Figure 6) adapted to be proiected from the under side of the panel into position. comprises a body portion 52 having a shoulder M from which there is provided a projection or tongue 56.- The side edges of the keeper member are provided with saw-teeth 58 adapted to engage the opposed wallsof the aperture 46. The aperture is is provided on one side with a slot 68 of a width substantially that of the keeper member 52 to the rear thereof, and a slot to oppositely disposed on the other side, such slots 69 and 52 being adapted to snuglyreceive the saw-toothed edges of the keeper member 52 The slot 69,

inserted in position. The rib 39 in the top wall is provided with a recess 64 to receive the extreme end 66 of the tongue 56. As is shown in'Figure 3, when the keeper is in'position, the

shoulder M1 and the inside edge d3 of the tongue at and the curved fillet form bearing surfaces opposed to the surface of the rib 39 and rib fillet 5,! of the journal box whereby the door pintles are positioned for ready rotation upon their axis for opening or closing oithe door. 1 The exterior of each of the journal boxes is so curved as at 10 to permitpassageof theshoulder E2 of the notched corners of the doorand permit the door Each of such keeper members to open to a position out of and to the rear of the vertical, as is indicated at M in Figure 2.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that there is provided a panel with integral journal boxes which may be readily molded, and which is adapted to receive a molded plastic door having integral pintles in -a manner to retain the door in proper pivotalrelation merely by the insertion of the keepers 52 in conjunction with each journal box. The saw-teeth 58 permit ready insertion of the keeper, and at the same time prevent dislocation thereof when once inserted. .In practice, the door may carry upon it any suitable indicia, and will provide an adequate, closure for the aperture 20 located therebeneath, while. at the same time being adapted to be swung to an out-of-the-way open position.

While a single embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, itis toibe understood that the invention is not limited thereto. vAsvarious changes in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit of-the invention,,as will be apparent-to those skilled in the art, reference will be hadtothe appendedclaims fora definition. of the limits ofv the invention.

.What is elaimedis:

Lin .a hinged door construction for a panel opening, a panel member having anopening therein,.and adoor member hingedthereon to close said opening, said door membcnhaving oppos d. pintles proje ting. from its opposite. end edges, adjacent aeonnecting side edge, said panel memberhaving integral upstanding journal-receiving boxes for receiving saidpintles, said boxes being open .on the sides facing one. another, and on the sides facing in the. direction. of the door when in closed position, and having atop and rear wall adapted to tangentially engage the pintleanda pintle end thrust wall, whereby the door pintles may; be positioned Within said journal bcxes by movement transverse. of the pintle axis, saidpanel, having a journal access aperture extending therethrough in substantial alignment with the interior of eachof said journal boxes, andkeepermembers positioned in said access apertures, each having a transverse shoulder and a tonguethe latter projecting into said journal boxforward of the wall thereof opposite the door facing open side, said tongue and shoulder being spaced from the tangentially pintleengaged journal box walls to provide bearing surfaces for said pintlediametrically opposed to said last-named journal box walls.

2. In a hinged door construction for a panel opening, a panel member having an opening therein, and a door member hinged thereon to close said opening, said door member having opposed pintles projecting from its opposite end edges, adjacent a connecting side edge, said panel member havingintegral upstanding journal-receiving boxes for receiving said pintles, said boxes being openon the sides facing one another, and

.onthelsides facing in the direction of the door whenin closed-position, and having a top and rear wall adapted to tangentially engage the pintle'anda pintle end thrust wall, whereby the door pintles may be positioned within said journal boxes by movement transverse of the pintle axis,.saidpanel having a journal access aperture extending therethrough' in substantial alignment with the interior of each of said journal boxes, and keeper members positioned in said access apertures, each member having a transverse shoulder and a tongue, the latter projecting into the respective journal box forward of the wall thereof opposite the'door facing open side, said tongue and shoulder being'spaced from the respective tangential pintle-engaged journal box walls to provide'bearing surfaces for said pintle diametrically opposed to said last-named journal box walls, the top wall of each box having a tongue-receiving recess, and the end of each tongue projecting thereinto, and the access aperture engagingedgesof said ,keeperbeing sawtoothed-to facilitate insertion'of the keeper into theiaccess aperture and tosecure the samefrom subsequent dislocation.

.JOHN P. ROGERS.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name a Date 1,520,819 Honens Dec. 30, 1924 2,588,271 Morgan et al Mar. 4,1952 2,627,995 Waterman Feb. 10, 1953 

